Released: 4/30/2010 | Duration: 08:45 | Level: Beginner

In After Effects CS5 Essential Training, author Chad Perkins discusses the basic tools, effects, and need-to-know techniques in Adobe After Effects CS5, the professional standard for motion graphics, compositing, and visual effects for video. The course provides an overview of the entire workflow, from import to export, as well as detailed coverage of each stage, including animating text and artwork, adding effects to compositions, working in 3D, and rendering and compressing footage. Exercise files are included with the course.

Topics include:

* Understanding the After Effects workflow

* Precomposing footage

* Explaining the basics and beyond of animating

* Creating glows, patterns, textures, and more with effects

* Color correcting footage

* Working with text

* Manipulating video playback speed

* Masking objects and shape layers

* Removing backgrounds with keying

* Compositing multiple pieces of footage

* Integrating After Effects with the rest of the Creative Suite